Although the words to the song Afraid – "You tell me I don't like you/ Fuck you anyway, you make me wanna scream at the top of my lungs" – might suggest the Neighbourhood's singer and main lyricist, Jesse Rutherford, can't be older than 14, this LA outfit are actually in their 20s. And there's more in the same pubescent vein as their debut album progresses, right up to the penultimate A Little Death, in which he implores, "Touch me, yeah, I want you to touch me there". Unsettlingly, this is conveyed in an enervated half-whisper, and enveloped in downbeat melodies and drum-machine beats that simultaneously evoke Foster the People, Coldplay and Limp Bizkit. Rutherford's petulant take on things is obviously aimed at teenagers, but the album's dreamy melancholy and high-shine production are just as likely to rope in their parents, who may also appreciate the traditional songcraft behind every tune. Sweater Weather, which switches between sweet, sad "whoa-oh"s and rapping, could be this year's Moves Like Jagger – an infernally likable song that will become their signature.